Blockspace: AI & Bitcoin

Bitcoin conversations from the deep end, covering markets, tech, compute, and culture from hosts Charlie Spears and Colin Harper.

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Bitcoin & Islamic Finance
Allen Farrington and Harris Irfan explain that Bitcoin aligns with Islamic finance principles. They discuss riba (usury), fractional reserve banking, and why sound money naturally produces Islamic harmonious financial systems.
45 min
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Did Jack Dorsey Fix The Bitcoin Merchant Problem?
Cash App & Square roll out Bitcoin payments at 4M+ merchants. Jack Dorsey leverages Lightning Network to compete with Visa/credit card fees. Plus: the controversial Bitcoin denomination change that's dividing the community.
26 min
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$120K Bitcoin Call, Stablecoins, and 2026 BTC M...
Alex Thorn from Galaxy Digital discusses why they revised their Bitcoin price target from $185K to $120K, competition from gold and AI, the stalling The Blockspace Podcast momentum, stablecoin growth, and Bitcoin's transition into a mature, lower-volatility asset class.
43 min
54
The 7 Indicators Saying The Bull Market Isn't Over
Bitcoin dropped but 30 Coinglass indicators show the bull market is intact. We break down the 7 best signals including Bitcoin dominance at 59%, Pi cycle top indicator, and why ETFs change everything. No bear market signals detected.
22 min
55
Inside Russia's Secret Bitcoin Mining Industry
Anna Baydakova discusses Russia's dramatic shift toward Bitcoin, covering mining legalization, the crypto exodus, sanctions impact, and how Russians use Bitcoin to survive economic isolation and preserve wealth amid political repression.
29 min
56
Gold Investors Are Taking A Victory Lap
Turns out the goldbugs were right and the Bitcoiners were wrong. The baby boomers get to take a victory lap.
21 min
57
The Insanity of Bitcoin's Newest Soft Fork
33 min
58
Did The CIA Create Bitcoin?
Tucker Carlson says he thinks Bitcoin was created by the CIA. Who is this mysterious Satoshi guy anyway? We break down the CIA/NSA conspiracy.
27 min
59
What we know about the FTX insolvency 3 years l...
FTX's bankruptcy left hundreds of thousands of customers waiting for money while nearly $1 billion goes to legal fees. Inside the convoluted process of the FTX Bankruptcy.
43 min
60
The Bitcoin "Dusting" Attack You Didn't Know Ab...
Galaxy Digital's Zach Pokorny reveals shocking details about the 80,000 BTC whale movement and a massive dusting campaign targeting 2.3 million Bitcoin across 40,000+ addresses with fake legal notices.
33 min
61
Strategy's Path To $10 Trillion
Pio Vincenco discusses says MicroStrategy could hit $10T, Bitcoin miners are repositioning for AI, and explains why the four-year cycle is dead. Plus: why selling Bitcoin now is a massive mistake and crypto Twitter must always lose.
36 min
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Bitcoin Miners Don’t Care About The Filter Debate
At North American Blockchain Summit in Dallas, where 30% of Bitcoin's hashrate is decided, nobody talks about Core v30. Miners care about steel, electrons, and profit—not technical debates. The disconnect between Bitcoin Twitter and real mining is massive.
19 min
63
Why Filters Are Playing Into The Fed's Hands w/...
Riccardo Spagni (“Fluffypony”), former Monero lead maintainer, says that Bitcoin's filter debate mirrors the blocksize wars, why most nodes don't matter for consensus, and what real Bitcoin privacy looks like. Plus: he accidentally becoming a WorldCoin top influencer.
63 min
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Larry Fink’s Bitcoin ETF Is Eating Wall Street
Bitcoin rallies to $121K as BlackRock's ETF cracks top 20, hash rate hits 1 zettahash milestone, mining stocks surge 624%, and ordinals show signs of life. Uptober is absolutely delivering.
26 min
65
Bitcoin's Missing Piece: Zero-Knowledge Proofs
Eli Ben-Sasson announces StarkNet's Bitcoin initiative: native BTC staking, 100M STRK token allocation for lending, and why zero-knowledge proofs are essential for Bitcoin to achieve Satoshi's original vision of peer-to-peer transactions without intermediaries.
39 min
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Inside the Mind of Luke Dashjr, Bitcoin's Most ...
We expose controversial Bitcoin developer Luke Dash Jr, his extreme religious and political views, geocentric beliefs, and how his Bitcoin Knots client reflects his authoritarian ideology while claiming to save Bitcoin.
44 min
67
Inside The Secret World Of Bitcoin Scammers w/ ...
Bitcoin OG Junseth from Bitcoin Uncensored exposes crypto phone scammers by recording conversations with young thieves who target Bitcoin holders, revealing their psychology and methods while discussing Bitcoin culture.
49 min
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Kevin Durant’s Coinbase Debacle, Saylor’s Using...
Kevin Durant forgot his Coinbase password for 11 years, missing out on massive Bitcoin gains. Michael Saylor uses AI to design $6 billion securities.
23 min
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Astrology Tells Us What Bitcoin Is Going To Do ...
Erin Redwin, Bitcoin astrologer, discusses eclipse season chaos, Saturn returns, 2026 predictions, and how planetary alignments influenced Bitcoin's creation.
46 min
70
How Nepal Used Discord to Elect its Next PM
A deep dive into Nepal’s protest surge, where BitChat’s mesh network and Discord polls helped topple a government, with Bitcoin‑adjacent tools fueling the uprising.
26 min
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How To Beat Coinbase At Their Own Game (But On-...
Flashnet CEO Ethan Marcus breaks down Bitcoin’s on‑chain trading, fee wars, stablecoin hurdles, and why Spark aims to outpace Lightning—all in under 35 minutes.
34 min
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Filters Are Futile
We’re explaining why trying to filter Bitcoin is a fool’s errand.
44 min
73
Bears Are Wrong About Strategy’s Bitcoin Play
Ed and Tim from Bitcoin Treasuries break down the corporate bitcoin strategy space, MicroStrategy's dominance, valuation challenges, and what's next for treasury companies in this volatile market.
37 min
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Tether on RGB, finding UAE's $700mm in btc, and...
Diving into the UAE’s $700 M Bitcoin mine, the US government’s on‑chain data feeds via Chainlink, and Tether’s comeback on RGB, plus nation‑state mining drama.
17 min
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5 Essential Privacy Tips For Bitcoin
Satsie from PayJoin Foundation explains why Bitcoin isn't anonymous, covers essential privacy tools like address management, VPNs, and running nodes, plus discusses PayJoin batching and silent payments for better on-chain privacy.
33 min